Skip Navigation
Marc Ambinder

Marc Ambinder - Marc Ambinder is the White House correspondent for National Journal and a contributing editor at The Atlantic. More

Marc Ambinder is the White House correspondent for National Journal. He previously served as the politics editor, and is now a contributing editor, for The Atlantic, where he curated the influential Politics channel on TheAtlantic.com and contributed to the magazine. He was also a chief political consultant to CBS News. Earlier, at NJ's Hotline, Ambinder was the founding editor of "Hotline On Call," a pathbreaking political news blog. He also worked as a producer and reporter for the ABC News Political Unit and was one of the founders of ABC's "The Note." Born in New York City, raised in Central Florida, Ambinder is a 2001 graduate of Harvard and lives in Washington, D.C.

Senators Like It Both Ways (On EFCA)

By Marc Ambinder
Apr 8 2009, 10:06 AM ET Comment

Dan Nichanian's campaign dairies reminds me: it's a little too easy for some senators to avoid taking an actual position on card check legislation. Five senators who "oppose" the current version of EFCA have kept the door ajar to voting for the legislation in a different incarnation. And four senators who aren't cosponsors of the legislation do plan to support it.  With a headcount of 58 senators who could potentially support cloture, Democrats need to find two votes from the following five undecided senators:  Murkowski, Lincoln, Collins, Snowe and Voinovich.

Presented by

More at The Atlantic

translating the Bible—Into an E-Book That Works on Any Phone Translating the Bible—Into an E-Book That Works on Any Phone
'State of the WaPo' Watch: Two Articles Worth Reading The State of the Washington Post
The Weakening of Nations: How Tax Work-Arounds Undermine Our Society Those Cayman Islands Accounts Will Undermine Our Society
Whitney Houston Has Died Whitney Houston's Greatest Hits
CPAC's Opening Day Is Haunted by the Ghosts of Candidates Past CPAC Is Haunted by the Ghosts of Candidates Past

Join the Discussion

After you comment, click Post. If you’re not already logged in you will be asked to log in or register.
blog comments powered by Disqus
Special Report
The Civil War National Portrait Gallery The Civil War
President Obama reflects on what Lincoln means to him and to America, in an introduction to our special issue. Read more ›
View All Correspondents

The Biggest Story in Photos

The Civil War, Part 3: The Stereographs

Feb 10, 2012

Subscribe Now

SAVE 59%! 10 issues JUST $2.45 PER COPY

Facebook

Newsletters

Sign up to receive our free newsletters

(sample)

(sample)

(sample)

(sample)

Marc Ambinder
from the Magazine

The Ally From Hell

Pakistan lies. It hosted Osama bin Laden (knowingly or not). Its government is barely functional.…